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Realize why I save no money: wife and I spend $70-80 per day on food
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:16 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker We havent had a meal over $100 in months.
However my lunch is always around $15 in Century City and hers is $10 where she works. and we seldom cook - so even casual restaurants or take out run us between $25-60 for the both of us.
Shit fucking adds up fast. |
Date: July 20th, 2017 6:17 PM Author: Walnut learning disabled gas station Learn how to cook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819115) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:18 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker she is a good cook but has no time with a 13 hour work day.
I can make stew and a few other things but never feel like cooking. And I work a good deal too. |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:20 PM Author: swashbuckling shivering jap So wtf does your slave do all day? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819139) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:51 PM Author: soul-stirring white stage keepsake machete lol stew reference is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819339) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:12 PM Author: vermilion histrionic mad cow disease really tough guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819422) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:59 PM Author: arousing hyperactive striped hyena Just make stew for the month every first day of a month. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819381) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:18 PM Author: Big area what the fuck does she do to work 13 hour days and not make a shitload of money (other than being a surgery resident) and why? sounds like a miserable compromise given you already make bank (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820331) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:22 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker she makes low 6 figures. shrews gotta shrew. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825295) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:19 PM Author: Beady-eyed sooty home Stop eating lunch and take a walk / go to the gym instead as a break. Snack on some nuts and coffee during the day.
EDIT: Including weekends, you guys are spending almost $30K a year on likely unhealthy food, which is absurd. |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:20 PM Author: Seedy impertinent personal credit line That's not too bad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819138) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:22 PM Author: free-loading multi-colored spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819154) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:00 PM Author: arousing hyperactive striped hyena Agreed, doesn't seem like much, especially when never cooking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819386) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:19 PM Author: Big area $25 grand+ per year for food between two people is fucking insane. XO shits bricks when people have car payments, but says blowing all your cash on food is NBD. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820341) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 11:11 PM Author: fluffy slate crackhouse (faggot) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33821221) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:26 PM Author: passionate point hominid he's right (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825338) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:32 PM Author: free-loading multi-colored spot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825393) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:20 PM Author: Curious wine candlestick maker water buffalo Dude I'm a spendthrift manatee and even I think you guys need to chill on the restaurant splurging (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819140) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:21 PM Author: orchid codepig That's not bad, bro
Food is something I will always indulge in, despite being a thinmo...high quality, low quantity food is 180 for meals |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:22 PM Author: Beady-eyed sooty home $30K a year on food for two people is a lot, bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819157) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:25 PM Author: Seedy impertinent personal credit line What are you gonna get it down to while not being miserable? $22k a year? Who gives a shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819189) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:39 PM Author: Beady-eyed sooty home TBF $22K a year is still a lot, but even still - An extra $8K is a fuckton for most families, including OP who says he has no extra money. $8K is a great vacation with a few grand left over for savings. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819286) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:35 PM Author: Ebony Liquid Oxygen Resort Excluding alcohol, you could eat like a king for $5k/person/ year. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825435) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 4:05 PM Author: Seedy impertinent personal credit line Are you a parakeet? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825726) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:26 PM Author: orchid codepig I'd rather live in a shittier place and eat better food..no flame
At one point I was renting a room in an apt with 5 people, but ate good food all the time |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:29 PM Author: Very tactful parlor The problem is buying lunches at the local strip malls isn't good food l, it's overpriced shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819543) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:16 PM Author: pearl turdskin Strip club buffets are good bargains (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820321) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:25 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker yeah, its still fat burger - it just costs $17. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825330) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:22 PM Author: Narrow-minded aphrodisiac brethren center I'm seeing NIN next Sunday u mad? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819160) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:22 PM Author: Bearded national security agency better than having to cook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819161) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:22 PM Author: amber cruise ship dingle berry time to dust off dat STEW RECIPE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819166) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:24 PM Author: puce meetinghouse isnt your wife an accountant? wtf is she working 13 hr days (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819179) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:25 PM Author: orchid codepig ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819185) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:26 PM Author: carmine prole locus theres something inherently prole about needing that much takeout. just buy ingredients and shit at the supermarket and youll cut that in half. reflexively turning to takeout on a daily basis is a horrible idea financially and healthwise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819196) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:59 PM Author: federal amethyst fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819380) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:26 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker see - no time to cook. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825337) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:26 PM Author: massive pit If you wanna be RIPPED like me you gotta meal prep almost all of your meals. Eating out a few times a week is fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819197) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:30 PM Author: massive pit For lunch every day I eat a giant bowl of frozen veggies that thaw throughout the morning with ground beef all soaked in olive oil. Costs like $2-3 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819223) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:29 PM Author: cerebral low-t indian lodge dysfunction not the OP i expected.
get on dat soylent tip. or cop a nice mini-fridge for the office and keep some food in there.
that said, i'm very guilty of likely overspending on food. i don't go out to bars or wine/dine tinderslores, and other than music/concerts, i don't spend money on anything, so i justify it that way. |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:44 PM Author: Beady-eyed sooty home Soylent is complete flame. They are not filling, overpriced, and you would be much better off snacking on sunflower seeds and nuts during the day. Hell, just blend a YUGE, FRESH smoothie in the morning, drink half of it for breakfast and take the other half to work. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819308) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:57 PM Author: laughsome heaven telephone lol not flame that may be more than I spend in a month. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819366) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 6:59 PM Author: federal amethyst fanboi lol. my wife and i feed our family of 4 for half of that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819377) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:15 PM Author: Talented ivory native weed whacker That's normal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819437) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:16 PM Author: Adventurous wild library pozpig Lol at how shitty this country has become. What is the point of getting married if your wife is gonna work all day. Dude can't even come home to a home cooked meal. what a shit society. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819439) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:18 PM Author: Blue rigpig field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819449) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:19 PM Author: federal amethyst fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819458) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:24 PM Author: Talented ivory native weed whacker This is fine in societies with cheap labor; you just have a live in maid who cooks and cleans. The problem is that Americans refuse to live with their extended families and also suffer from expensive labor costs. Otherwise, grandparents could watch the kids or else a live in maid would (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819489) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:24 PM Author: Adventurous wild library pozpig We get the worst of both worlds. LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819495) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:28 PM Author: Talented ivory native weed whacker My cousins in Colombia have it made. They have live in maids and grandparents live three blocks away. Grandma plays with the kids as much as she wants during the day and then the maid cooks/ cleans. When parents get home, they have energy to play with the kids because they don't have to cook or clean. Plus, the kids grow up around their grandparents
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:54 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker live in maids are slaves. just so you are aware of why rich people in third world countries have it made. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825613) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:33 PM Author: Indigo Blood Rage Shitlib SAHM seems like the best of both (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819582) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:48 PM Author: Bull headed wonderful theatre karate Strong poast to moniker synergy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820524) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:32 PM Author: Indigo Blood Rage Shitlib Soooo cr. cooking a meal with my gf is usually the best part of my day. It's communion (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819568) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:53 PM Author: supple set mother It's HER master's HER career HER money and HER life! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820584) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:27 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825349) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:28 PM Author: Diverse dragon associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825363) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:18 PM Author: Blue rigpig field What does your wife do to work 13 hours each day? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819451) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:29 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker 2 hours of this is a commute. She is the assistant controller of her plant and run the accounting department. spending 11 hours a day dealing with Sarbanes Oxley reporting, closing month end quarter end, financial statements, and managing the account team doing whatever inventory shit they do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825370) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:30 PM Author: Blue rigpig field Sounds important. Maybe you should make the sandwiches. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825381) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:50 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker i definitely have more time, but I also work hard and have a stressful job too. As the primary breadwinner I don't want to have to worry about being the one to walk the fucking dog, come home when the repairman comes over to fix the water heater and make fucking meals for the week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825583) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:19 PM Author: maroon university If you're too lazy to cook during the week, prep meals on weekends and buy sandwich ingredients to make quick lunch in the mornings....at the very least, that should cut costs by half and is much healthier as well. Saving $12k/year is substantial. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819452) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:20 PM Author: federal amethyst fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819460) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:21 PM Author: Blue rigpig field His wife should do it. A woman needs to be able to take care of the home and that involves cooking meals (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819467) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:25 PM Author: Adventurous wild library pozpig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819499) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:26 PM Author: federal amethyst fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819511) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 8:00 PM Author: maroon university his wife has a long commute and leaves really early in the morning to go to work...I think they can figure out what works best for their marriage as far as cooking duties are concerned. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819807) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:54 PM Author: Blue rigpig field its not impossible to make sandwiches the night before
"cooking duties" arent hard to "figure out" - its the duty of the wife to cook |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:57 PM Author: Cocky henna private investor friendly grandma Me if she works 13 hours a day with 2 hours on the road, sandwich at desk is too sad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820618) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:27 PM Author: Blue rigpig field Yea that's a lie especially if she's not even the breadwinner
She got married, time to do wifely duties just as earl must take care of the man stuff |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:23 PM Author: Buff macaca Stop getting $15 salads at Greenleaf. Buy the same shit at Trader Joe's for like $4 and bring it in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819479) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:27 PM Author: Very tactful parlor Cr lol. Buy 2 rotis chicken at Costco for 5 eachand some salad or shit and you're fed for a week for like 20 bucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819524) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:23 PM Author: cerebral low-t indian lodge dysfunction new grocery store went in by me, is 24/7, and has been a godsend. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820368) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 7:36 PM Author: Buck-toothed Claret Affirmative Action Food prepp bros never account for how shifty Thursday and Friday meals taste when made on Sunday. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33819620) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:27 PM Author: orchid codepig CR
food prepping is a recipe for food poisoning
You shouldn't prep more than 2 to 3 days max |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:13 PM Author: Cocky henna private investor friendly grandma Do you have a slow cooker? Get one, it makes eating your own food so much easier. My husband works 70 hours a week (15min commute) and is planning to quit. Your wife is nuts and this likely isn't sustainable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820301) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:18 PM Author: geriatric milk You don't make shit. You have no equity as a "partner." There is no such thing as a non equity partner. You're a senior associate. A wise person once told me, don't worry about saving money, worry about making more. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820334) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:18 PM Author: bossy exhilarant base new version Explain. I spend $40 a week and its plenty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820337) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:19 PM Author: Bull headed wonderful theatre karate lol @ eating lunch and dinner at your age. Enjoy being a fatmo in a couple years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820338) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:29 PM Author: Dun floppy stain church building (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820400) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:55 PM Author: Blue rigpig field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820598) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:50 PM Author: laughsome heaven telephone (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825579) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:56 PM Author: House-broken indecent wagecucks earl: <><><>NOBREAKFAST<><><>, <><><>NOLUNCH<><><>, <><><>NODINNER<><><> (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33820608) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 9:58 PM Author: Anal menage xo 2017 (early): spending 40 dollars on a mimosa at brunch xo 2017 (late): scrimping on stew ingredients
ETH did this |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:53 PM Author: Mahogany forum and hating both (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825604) |
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Date: July 20th, 2017 11:09 PM Author: primrose boiling water my lunch costs 1.99 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33821204) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 1:22 PM Author: insane community account wow cool humblebrag you dumb Hawaiian faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33824195) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 1:44 PM Author: rambunctious kitty cat abode This is the early stages of Early rationalizing why it wouldn't be so bad for his wife to be a SAHM. It always starts like this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33824312) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:20 PM Author: provocative pearly azn church $25 for lunch, $50 for dinner? LJL. Stop eating lunch you fat fuck. You ever hear of intermittent fasting? Say goodbye to lifting and basketball now that you've copped breakfasttt. You need to cut your calories by a lot since as you age you'll become more and more chair-bound. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825286) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:27 PM Author: passionate point hominid nothing to worry about lol not like restaurants ever over-season their food and shit lol enjoy your impending rapid weight gain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825348) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:30 PM Author: provocative pearly azn church And high cholesterol and hypertension. The two surefire ways to make reheated Sysco food taste edible is to drench it in butter and salt. Earl is a dummy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825377) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:43 PM Author: Domesticated Fragrant Depressive Scourge Upon The Earth earl, learn how to boil angel hair pasta and pour some sauce over it for two dinners a week. Salad is easy, just wash some spinach off, throw some feta cheese and italian dressing on it and you are good. Buy some sliced turkey and decent bread and make sandwiches (they can be fucking awesome with the right condiments and take 2 minutes to make)
Also don't buy literally 20 tequila shots when you go out drinking. |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:49 PM Author: Rebellious vibrant piazza boistinker lol @ watchmen being a sniping cunt in this thread. Go post more threads about your fake jewelry if you want attention. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825572) |
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Date: July 21st, 2017 3:51 PM Author: Sapphire violent coffee pot $70-80 per day for two people isn't bad at all especially your income level I think I easily average $40 a day between coffee and food and booze and I often skip lunch... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3680452&forum_id=2#33825592) |